Steponas Rusteika
Steponas Rusteika (born July 5, 1887 in Riga , † June 24, 1941 in Minsk ) was a Lithuanian lawyer and politician, colonel .
Life
Steponas Rusteika attended the Alexander-Gymnasium in his hometown Riga, passed the school- leaving examination there in 1908 and then began studying law at the University of Dorpat , which he graduated in 1914. He took part in the First World War and graduated from the Kazan Military School . From 1918 he lived in Lithuania. From 1919 he was a volunteer in the Lithuanian Army and was a member of Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga and Jaunosios Lietuvos sąjunga .
From 1930 to 1931 he was department director of the Lithuanian criminal police in Kaunas . From 1931 he was Minister of the Interior of Lithuania in the government of Juozas Tūbelis . From 1935 to 1940 he was deputy mayor of Kaunas.
In 1940 Steponas Rusteika was arrested by the NKVD, sentenced to death and executed in 1941 .
literature
- Algirdas Banevičius: 111 Lietuvos valstybės 1918–1940 politikos veikėjų. Enciklopedinis žinynas . Knyga, Vilnius 1991, ISBN 5-89942-585-7 , p. 112.
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SURNAME | Rusteika, Steponas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian lawyer and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1941 |
Place of death | Minsk |